Where does “apretura” come from?
apretura (Spanish) comes from Spanish apretar, from Latin appectoro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
apretura (Spanish): squeeze (situation in which there are too many people, things, etc., in a small space)
Definitions
- squeeze (situation in which there are too many people, things, etc., in a small space)
Ancestry of “apretura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | apretar | to squeeze; to tighten, constrict or compress; to... |
| 2 | Latin | appectoro | to press against one's chest or breast |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |